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Apple is now accepting iPad apps for a “grand opening” of the iPad App Store, according to an email just sent to registered developers.
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Security Expert: “Mac OS X Is Safer, But Less Secure”

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Tech site H-Online has an interesting story today, quoting security expert Charlie Miller about his forthcoming talk at the CanSecWest conference next week.
He says OS X is full of security holes. There are lots more than in Windows, he claims.
And yet: OS X is a safer system to use. Why? Because, in the words [...]

Apple Devotes Entire Home Page To Jerome York Obituary

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If ever you needed a sign that Apple was a different kind of technology company, this is it.
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This is one of those “Here’s to the [...]

Coming Soon: Steve Jobs, the Sitcom

Fake Steve creator Dan Lyons just signed a deal to bring Steve Jobs to another small screen near you.
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Making sure the barbs prick will be the [...]

Cult of Mac Contest: Name Mystery Apple Object, Win T-shirt

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The second in a series of five t-shirt giveaways, correctly name this mystery Apple item and you could win a T-shirt.

Not just any T-shirt: choose from the Apple-inspired designs at might tees, which include the I Love Lisa we wrote about, a retro-style logo and Steve Jobs in typeface.

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The tees, pictured above, are made with water-based eco inks screen printed on high quality tri-blend shirts (part organic cotton, part recycled rayon and polyester) and a $28-$36 value.

We’ll chose a winner at random from correct answers in the comments.
Contest ends midnight, October 20.

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131 comments

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    Cheers, Robert

    imac speaker cone

    Apple pro external speakers.

    Thats the ISight camera on a White plastic product possibly a macbook or older imac or even models before that.

    Apple Speakers CA 2001 for G4 cube done by Harmon Kardon for Apple

    Is this a close-up of the clear apple pro external speaker?

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    sphere shaped Apple Pro Speakers, originally shipped with iMac G4.

    It’s The White Eye of Doom!

    Actually its Apple Pro Speakers, white model with the funky powered audio connector which shipped with some models of iMac G4 and was available to buy off the shelf for other supported models, like the MDD G4.

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    Oh and just to add, wasn’t the model that shipped with the Cube.. it had black rings around it.

    definitely an apple pro speaker.

    As has been said before… Apple Pro Speakers.

    It’s an Apple Pro speaker.

    It’s an Apple Pro speaker (M8756G/A), originally for Power Mac G4 Cube.

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    Just in case everyone else is wrong: white iPhone camera lens!

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    I’m gonna say the G4 Cube speakers compliments of Jonathan Ive.

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    I’m not sure, but I’ll take a stab… Apple Pro Speakers?

    Builit-in Isight camera.

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    Yup, it’s the Apple Pro Speakers for iMac G4
    In fact, it’s the left speeker…. yup unhun !

    Yes they are Apple Pro Speakers for the iMac but they were made by harmon/karmon they have a connector on them that will only let them be used with a Apple computer either the ilMac G4 or the G4 cube.

    Its the Apple Pro speakers, just like I had on my MDD G4!

    i still use a pair of those apple pro speakers on a g4/700 imac that i use as a music box in my bedroom.

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    The iSight of a Macbook White(Plastic)

    Apple Professional Edition Speakers from Harman Kardon.

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    This is the speaker on the front of the PowerMac G4 Dual Mirrored Drive Doors model.

    Apple iMac G4 speakers

    Apple Pro Speakers….Great design. odd connections……

    Apple Pro Speakers -

    Select a winner from the comments?
    Seems like a stupid way to win the contest.

    Apple Pro Speakers

    I have those Apple Pro Speakers.

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    Apple Pro Speakers, probably came with the G4 Cube, I have a couple of these babies at home :D

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    maybe the speaker on the front of a PowerMac G4

    Luxo-Lamp iMac speakers

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    It’s the emac speaker with grill removed.

    It’s the lens from a colonoscopy camera. Been there, done that.

    Apple pro speakers….

    pro speaker from an imac g4

    Speaker cones (with the plastic cover taken off) from an Apple eMac.

    iMac G4 stock speakers. I know as I had them.

    imac G4 speaker

    Apple Pro Speaker

    clear semi-spherical external apple pro speakers

    apple pro speakers (made by harman kardon)

    An iSight camera from a white MacBook….

    It’ as Apple Pro Speaker for iMac G4.

    Speaker cone on one of the “eyeball” shaped speakers of the “iLamp” iMac. It has the rounded base and the articulating flat screen monitor.

    Apple Pro Speaker

    I didn’t peek, but I’m sure someone has already said an Apple earbud. Now I’ll go look to see if 87 out of 87 previous comments confirm that.

    Okay, I’m wrong. I neglected to notice the plastic ring around the speaker grille. My gut was the hk speakers, but I didn’t think they qualified as a “true” Apple product. Trust your gut.

    It is, indeed, a close-up of an Apple Pro speaker, like those that came with the original flat panel iMac circa 2002-2004

    Pro speakers, werent they released with the cube?

    Apple Pro Speakers

    Apple Pro Speakers ….for sure

    to be more specific…

    Apple Pro external speakers for Power Macintosh G4

    External Apple Pro Speakers

    a close-up of one Apple pro speaker

    Apple M8282ZM/A
    Aka. Apple Pro External Speakers =)

    Apple speakers by Hardon Karmon… believe they may have been part of original Mac Cube set up.

    iMac G4 (Lamp design) External Speaker!
    I want that T-Shirt!

    Apple Pro Speakers for the iMac G4, Designed by Harmon Kardon

    Apple pro external speakers.

    The external apple pro speakers that came with the release of the 2002 iMac

    iMac G4 Speakers

    good gods… what a typo!!

    Apple speakers by HARMAN KARDON speakers… for g4 Cube.

    gads!

    They are the speakers bundled with the G4cube.

    Thats got to be Apple Pro speakers

    More specifically, the Harmon Kardon pro speakers that came bundled with the G4cube.

    Apple Pro Speakers

    Apple pro speaker

    iMac G4 FW400 speakers

    Thats the ISight, for my taste the COOLEST webcam on earth!!!!!!!!! :)

    speaker?

    The camera lens on an iPhone.

    Apple Pro Speakers, like the ones that came with my G4 Cube. Yes, I am one of “those” people.

    Apple Pro Speakers by Harman Kardon.

    Apple Pro Speakers

    It’s the external speaker from an imac. The imac with the screen on a stem ;)

    This is the view looking directly into the one of the engines of Job’s Gulfstream jet.

    Totally cone of the speaker to my iMac G4.

    It’s the Apple Pro Speakers

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